Wikipedia & Tor

[David Benfell]

On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 22:21:01 -0400, Marc Abel wrote:
> 
> As I understand my proposal, the only requirement of a "reviewer" is
> that she is not coming in via a Tor exit node.  The intended benefit is
> that the Wikipedia folks hope the reviewer is less likely to permit
> damage, as her IP is more likely to be known.
> 
Okay, that's interesting.  I still object to blacklisting by IP
address as a form of preserving anonymity for reasons I've stated
elsewhere in this thread, but given that...

<snip>

> In the dissident's case, presumably you have a friend who your
> authorities can't touch to review for you.  For example if you're in
> Beijing, name a supporter in San Francisco to ok your edits.
> 
Actually, part of the problem here would be just that you would need a
reviewer in a less unfree country.  And it terrifies me to contemplate
that a dissident should need to rely on outsiders.

But since this issue arises, let me play devil's advocate, just for a
moment.  Just long enough to ask about the concept of dissidents
contributing to Wikipedia.  Is this really an issue?  Does Wikipedia
solicit the kind of information that some governments would choose to
suppress?  I think I'm missing a concept here.

And though I'm curious about the answer, let me set the question aside
almost as quickly.  For I assume that Wikipedia is, in this thread, a
poster child, for a problem that involves other sites and services as
well.  Some have mentioned IRC and blog spam.

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David Benfell, LCP
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